Comments on: Mayor Bloomberg To New York City: I’m Gonna Make You Eat ‘Healthy’ For Your Own Good http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/mayor-bloomberg-to-new-york-city-im-gonna-make-your-eat-healthy-for-your-own-good/2740 To educate, encourage, and inspire the world to start low-carb living Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Allison http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/mayor-bloomberg-to-new-york-city-im-gonna-make-your-eat-healthy-for-your-own-good/2740#comment-10274 Allison Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:57:17 +0000 http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/?p=2740#comment-10274 My husband showed me a newspaper not so long ago that said NY wanted to pass legislation that would require all diabetics to register their blood glucose readings with the state health department. I never heard anything else about it. <i>THANKS Allison! This was <a href=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8702244/ rel="nofollow">a proposal in 2005</a> and it never saw the light of day. --Jimmy</i> My husband showed me a newspaper not so long ago that said NY wanted to pass legislation that would require all diabetics to register their blood glucose readings with the state health department. I never heard anything else about it.

THANKS Allison! This was a proposal in 2005 and it never saw the light of day.

–Jimmy

]]> By: Regina http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/mayor-bloomberg-to-new-york-city-im-gonna-make-your-eat-healthy-for-your-own-good/2740#comment-10270 Regina Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:13:17 +0000 http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/?p=2740#comment-10270 Bloomberg left the Republican Party in June 2007. Bloomberg left the Republican Party in June 2007.

]]> By: Sean http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/mayor-bloomberg-to-new-york-city-im-gonna-make-your-eat-healthy-for-your-own-good/2740#comment-10251 Sean Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:21:16 +0000 http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/?p=2740#comment-10251 Why not just require restaurants to offer complete nutritional information (not just calorie counts) and even list their ingredients? I'm sort of on the side of keeping the government out of business but this just allows consumers to make the most informed possible choices and decide for themselves where to eat and there's no universally accepted health guidline and I just...is this really something he can solely implement? Surely someone, some organization can keep this from happening. I realize that it's just government buildings apparently, but who knows how far this could be taken eventually. I feel like giving up and just moving near a farm I can buy everything from directly or something. Why not just require restaurants to offer complete nutritional information (not just calorie counts) and even list their ingredients? I’m sort of on the side of keeping the government out of business but this just allows consumers to make the most informed possible choices and decide for themselves where to eat and there’s no universally accepted health guidline and I just…is this really something he can solely implement? Surely someone, some organization can keep this from happening.

I realize that it’s just government buildings apparently, but who knows how far this could be taken eventually. I feel like giving up and just moving near a farm I can buy everything from directly or something.

]]> By: Sean http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/mayor-bloomberg-to-new-york-city-im-gonna-make-your-eat-healthy-for-your-own-good/2740#comment-10250 Sean Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:16:44 +0000 http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/?p=2740#comment-10250 I'm moving to New York City when I finish school two years from now. Looking forward to it even less (need the job opportunities in my field, but the cost of living negating the better jobs on top of this...). Isn't Bloomberg a republican? What happened to less government? I know, not a political blog, but come on... I wish there was a Libertarian run city I could move to instead I’m moving to New York City when I finish school two years from now. Looking forward to it even less (need the job opportunities in my field, but the cost of living negating the better jobs on top of this…). Isn’t Bloomberg a republican? What happened to less government? I know, not a political blog, but come on…

I wish there was a Libertarian run city I could move to instead

]]> By: Katy http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/mayor-bloomberg-to-new-york-city-im-gonna-make-your-eat-healthy-for-your-own-good/2740#comment-10242 Katy Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:16:36 +0000 http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/?p=2740#comment-10242 I'm okay with the trans fat ban, mainly because I think of it as a poison. If food producers felt that it was okay to put nicotine into their products, I'd have issues as well! Determining and banning substances that have been <i>proven</i> harmful (objective) rather than unhealthful (subjective), should be the business of government. Consumers should also have the right to know what's in the food they eat, and then they can vote with their choices. Personally, I don't want to eat fat-free, salt-free, high carb food. And I certainly do not want government bureaucrats deciding what I can and cannot eat. I’m okay with the trans fat ban, mainly because I think of it as a poison. If food producers felt that it was okay to put nicotine into their products, I’d have issues as well! Determining and banning substances that have been proven harmful (objective) rather than unhealthful (subjective), should be the business of government. Consumers should also have the right to know what’s in the food they eat, and then they can vote with their choices. Personally, I don’t want to eat fat-free, salt-free, high carb food. And I certainly do not want government bureaucrats deciding what I can and cannot eat.

]]> By: Lee in Nashville http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/mayor-bloomberg-to-new-york-city-im-gonna-make-your-eat-healthy-for-your-own-good/2740#comment-10239 Lee in Nashville Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:38:15 +0000 http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/?p=2740#comment-10239 Even if these mandates are implemented, I'd almost be willing to wager that the obesity problem won't be alleviated. I think a lot of people will gravitate to the fruit juices, potatoes, and bread products anyway in exchange for the foods they'll be denied. And in my personal experience, removing fried foods from the menu is just an attempt to reduce caloric intake which actually has backfired for me, because I tend to consume around the same number of calories every day. I think that ultimately, the mayor's plan would have short-term benefits but long-term ramifications. Even if these mandates are implemented, I’d almost be willing to wager that the obesity problem won’t be alleviated. I think a lot of people will gravitate to the fruit juices, potatoes, and bread products anyway in exchange for the foods they’ll be denied. And in my personal experience, removing fried foods from the menu is just an attempt to reduce caloric intake which actually has backfired for me, because I tend to consume around the same number of calories every day. I think that ultimately, the mayor’s plan would have short-term benefits but long-term ramifications.

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